Category
Bullying Policy—Consequences
Category
Bullying Policy—Consequences
State law addresses disciplinary consequences for bullying behavior.
New Mexico Administrative Code 6.12.7.7 Definitions
G. "Progressive discipline " means disciplinary action other than suspension or expulsion from school that is designed to correct and address the basic causes of a student's specific misbehavior while retaining the student in class or in school, or restorative school practices to repair the harm done to relationships and other students from the student's misbehavior, and may include:
- (1) meeting with the student and the student's parents;
- (2) reflective activities, such as requiring the student to write an essay about the student's misbehavior;
- (3) counseling;
- (4) anger management;
- (5) health counseling or intervention;
- (6) mental health counseling or intervention;
- (7) participation in skill-building and conflict resolution activities;
- (8) community service; and
- (9) in-school detention or in-school suspension that is for a constructive purpose and may take place during lunchtime, recess, after school, or during weekends.
New Mexico Administrative Code 6.12.7.8 Bullying Prevention Policies - Adoption and Enforcement
B. Each local school board and governing body shall control the content of its policy, provided that the policy includes:
- (4) a list of consequences, exclusive of suspension and expulsion, that can result from an incident of bullying, and with consequences that are designed to:
- (a) appropriately correct the bullying behavior;
- (b) prevent another occurrence of bullying or retaliation;
- (c) protect the target of the bullying;
- (d) be flexible so that, in application, the consequences can vary in method and severity based on:
- (i) the nature of the incident;
- (ii) the developmental age and/or cognitive level of the student who is bullying; and
- (iii) historical problem behavior from the student who is bullying; and
- (e) limit the restrictive nature of consequences for cyberbullying incidents, such that while correcting cyberbullying behavior and preventing further incidents of cyberbullying, a student with cyberbullying behavior is able to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the school to the greatest extent possible;
New Mexico Statutes 22-35-2. Definitions.
G. “progressive discipline” means disciplinary action other than suspension or expulsion from school that is designed to correct and address the basic causes of a student’s specific misbehavior while retaining the student in class or in school, or restorative school practices to repair the harm done to relationships and other students from the student’s misbehavior, and may include:
- (1) meeting with the student and the student’s parents;
- (2) reflective activities, such as requiring the student to write an essay about the student’s misbehavior;
- (3) counseling;
- (4) anger management;
- (5) health counseling or intervention;
- 6) mental health counseling;
- (7) participation in skill-building and resolution activities, such as social-emotional cognitive skills building, resolution circles and restorative conferencing;
- (8) community service; and
- (9) in-school detention or suspension, which may take place during lunchtime, after school or during weekends; and
New Mexico Statutes 22-35-3. Bullying prevention policies; adoption and enforcement.
B. Each local school board shall control the content of its policy; provided that the policy includes:
- (4) a list of consequences, including progressive discipline approaches that can result from an identified incident of bullying that are designed to:
- (a) appropriately correct the bullying behavior;
- (b) prevent another occurrence of bullying or retaliation;
- (c) protect the target of the bullying;
- (d) be flexible so that, in application, the consequences can be unique to the individual incident and varied in method and severity based on: 1) the nature of the incident; 2) the developmental age of the student who is bullying; and 3) any history of problem behavior from the student who is bullying; and
- (e) for cyberbullying incidents, use the least restrictive means necessary to address the interference with the student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities or privileges provided by the school;